The prologue: The thing is—I could write a book on how much I hated my high school. “Hate” is a strong word, but I really, really, really didn’t like it. But, I’m getting ready to enter my third decade on this godforsaken planet, so I have had some time to reflect on my experience there […]
you probably think this poem is about you
In ninth grade, I wrote a poem called “Rhymes with Witch.” I don’t remember the assignment, but I feel like, generally, when we studied poetry in high school it was like: here’s a poem, read it, think about what it means, don’t you dare use this new thing called Wikipedia, then write a poem of […]
